SortStack #2374 — 2032-12-08
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A duck paddling on water 1.6 km/h
Ducks have no nerves or blood vessels in their feet, so they can paddle in icy water without feeling the cold.
- A king penguin waddling on land 2.8 km/h
A penguin's waddle is surprisingly efficient, storing and releasing energy with each side-to-side rock.
- A person jogging 10.8 km/h
Humans are among the best endurance runners on Earth, able to outlast horses over very long distances in heat.
- A Formula 1 car at top speed 372 km/h
An F1 car generates so much downforce it could, in theory, drive upside down on a ceiling at speed.
- The land-speed record car 1.2K km/h
ThrustSSC became the first car to break the sound barrier, its twin jet engines kicking up a desert dust storm.
- An F-22 Raptor at top speed 2.4K km/h
The Raptor can supercruise, flying faster than sound without afterburners, sipping less fuel as it streaks along.